Love is in the air during Valentine's Day vows

11:27 PM,
Feb. 14, 2013

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Written by

Melanie Scott Dorsey
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

Aaron Matthews stared into the teary eyes of his soon-to-be wife Nia Matthews as they stood face-to-face Thursday, holding hands in a Wayne County courtroom at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit.

The couple -- along with 12 others -- vowed to love and cherish one another for the rest of their lives as they recited marriage vows during a group ceremony held in honor of Valentine's Day.

"We've been together for three years, and we love each other deeply," Nia Matthews, 38, of Detroit said shortly after the ceremony. "We picked today by chance." ...